TOGETHER WE INSPIRE HOPE AND TRANSFORM LIVES
Clara’s Kids
HALE HOUSE CENTER NEWSLETTER • WINTER 2015
HOLIDAYS AT HALE HOUSE
Thanks for
the holiday
generosity
Bringing Joy to Our Children
Storytime with former mayor giuliani
What has come to be a long-standing holiday tradition,
former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani visited the
children of the Mother Hale Learning Center on December
19. During his 21st annual visit to Hale House, he read a
spirited rendition of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” before handing out gifts he brought for each of the children.
It’s an event our kids look forward to each year and we
can’t thank Mayor Giuliani and his staff enough for taking the time to visit and spread a little holiday cheer!
A celebration of diversity
The week prior to Giuliani’s visit, the children had a
festivity of their own to celebrate the many holidays
that take place around this time of year. During the
annual Multicultural Festival the kids participated
in activities and sang songs to learn more about
a number of holidays, including Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah and Diwali!
During this holiday season,
Hale House Center received
an outpouring of love and
support from
our donors and
the local community during our Toy
Drive. Gifts
collected
brought lots
of holiday spirit
and plenty of smiles to all
the children and their families in our Supportive Transitional Housing Program.
Our sincere thanks to all of
this year’s toy drive donors
for their generosity, and
special recognition to our
participating companies
and organizations:
Bronx Preparatory Charter School,
Columbia University
-- Government and
Community Affairs,
and King + Company.
We’d also like to
thank Fairway Market
and Whole Foods who
again this year provided
all the food for each of our
supportive housing families to prepare their own
Thanksgiving meal. They
were delighted to be able to
cook their own feast!
WINTER 2015 • HALE HOUSE CENTER
a note from our executive director
Dear Friends,
Between our Multicultural
Festival, Mayor Giuliani’s annual
visit, and toy and food drives,
the holidays are
always a busy
time at Hale
House with
much to celebrate. This season also offered
ANNIE MURPHY
us a chance to
reflect on the numerous lives
of children and families we’ve
been able to touch through our
Supportive Transitional Housing
Program – which turned 10 in
December.
This program has allowed
us to continue Mother Hale’s
vision of keeping families
together through their toughest challenges, and it has been
a resounding success. The love,
stability, and support provided
by our staff ensures that once
families leave our doors, they
are prepared for success.
It fills us with enormous pride
to share one recent success
story of a family’s journey from
homelessness to self-sufficiency. Please see the story below,
which would not have been
possible without the help of our
donors.
Annie Murphy
Executive Director
The children in our Butterfly class helped create this art piece which was
presented to Zachary Carter as a thank you for his years of service.
HONORING AN ADVOCATE
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of their own by the New Year.
A new lease on life
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